Trial court

Introduction Henry II built the foundations of law as it sits today. Assize of Clarendon was an act that came in 1166 that transformed the English law. As trial jury was a way where evidence and inspection came before the punishment. Inquiry was my under oath by freemen. This shaped the new way of law in England. This act would be eventually known as common law. Why did Henry need a new way of dealing with crime? The Assize addressed many problems. When Henry II inherited the throne, he had…

The New York Conspiracy Trials was a supposed plot by the poor white people and the enslaved African Americans to revolt, burn down New York City and kill the rich white citizens of New York. After a string of fires that burned down several buildings in New York slaves were identified as the only possible suspects, which are depicted in “Reading and Writing Terror: The New York Conspiracy Trials of 1741” written by Andy Doolen and in “The New York Conspiracy, Or A History of the Negro Plot”…

The purpose of a trial is to discover the truth. The process of a trial is adversarial in nature. The adversaries in a criminal trial are the state and the defendant. The state is represented by a prosecutor. A defendant is represented by a criminal lawyer. Only two percent of criminal cases are disposed of by jury trials (Bohm & Haley, 2012). Before a trial formally begins, attorneys can file pretrial motions. A motion is a request to the judge for a particular action. Motions to…

This essay will explore reasons as to why the participation of victims may cause hostility and emotional strain in a present day court proceeding. Victims have little to no say in the misdemeanours and unlawful acts that have been conflicted on them and/or their family members if the victim has passed due to the offence. Some of the grounds that have been observed in the present day criminal justice system are the emotional tones and word used in the Victim Impact Statement. (VIS). Also being…

In a criminal trial, a jury is a group usually comprised of twelve randomly chosen adults, whose role is to hear evidence, apply the law as directed by the judge, and then collectively decide if the defendant is guilty or not guilty of the crime they have been accused of, based only on the facts given. Juries have played a significant role in Australia’s justice system for quite some time, though in more recent years the role of juries has been reduced. In 2011, the NSW government changed the…

I observed three different trials on the 13th of August all in the Brisbane Supreme Court for approximately four hours. This essay explores my observations of that day and discusses how the court reflected either the due process or crime control models of the criminal justice system. An overview of both models will be provided as well how they relate to my observations of the trials. This essay argues that the due process model was prevalent of the cases observed. Task 1 The first hearing I…

six and twelve individuals are chosen from a jury pool. Then the selection process begins. The first step is a random selection from a jury pool. The second step is the jury selection, known as voir dire. Voire Dire is a jury procedure, which the court and the attorneys narrow the pool of jurors. This process is done by the judge randomly selecting people in the juror pool to be excused and/or the attorneys questioning potential jurors to screen out individuals the attorneys think might be…

forever they believed him and weren 't scared of him any more. The trial went on for hours nobody knowing which way the trial was going to go. John finally looked at the family of the victim and they looked really angry that I was on trial again. He did everything he could to not look at them because he didn’t want to make the wrong face at them and make people think he did do it so he only looked at his wife for the rest of the trial. The jury went into the back room for the recess judging if…

Iva Toguri D’Aquino was born on Independence Day, July fourth in 1916. She was born in Los Angeles, California to parents Jun Toguri and Fumi Toguri. Her parents heavily believed in assimilation for their daughter and encouraged her to adopt American culture and customs. He discouraged teaching his children to read and write Japanese, and rarely took them to Japanese cultural gathering. When Ida graduated, she was allowed to visit her sickly aunt in Japan as a graduation gift from her parents.…

There are five periods of juvenile justice history. They include the colonial period, refuge period, juvenile court period, juvenile rights period, and crime control period. The colonial period lasted from 1600s to 1800s. During the colonial American period, two influences remained constant: the authority of the parent and the role of religion. Parents continued to be given wide latitude in dealing with their children, whether through abusive or other means. An example of this can be found in…